3Novices:Landmark Hong Kong land swap deal is a win for environmental conservation

An unprecedented land swap deal to protect one of Hong Kong’s most ecologically-rich enclaves has been approved by the city’s top decision-making body, heralding what could finally be a permanent solution to a decades-old stalemate on how best to protect the area.
The Executive Council on Thursday agreed “in principle” for most of Tai Po’s Sha Lo Tung – almost entirely owned by a private developer – to be surrendered to the government in exchange for a…
June 15, 2017 at 07:46PM http://ift.tt/2rkwJ5r
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